Post-Regeneration—New Media Art x Net Zero Future

Exhibition Introduction
"Regeneration" emphasizes the recyclability of materials and forms a central part of the net-zero narrative. "Post-Regeneration," by contrast, questions the realities of today's energy-intensive environment and the irreversible costs of energy consumption that underpin it.
Here, the prefix "post-" does not refer to a chronological sequence. Rather, it confronts the structural contradictions that the discourse of regeneration cannot fully address: from energy-intensive computing infrastructure and the continued accumulation of electronic waste, to the unavoidable material costs of large-scale interactive installations. The logic of "regeneration" assumes that cycles can continue without consequence, while "Post-Regeneration" takes this very assumption as a question to be examined.
The binary opposition between sustainability and consumption is no longer sufficient to describe the relationship between new media art and an era defined by high energy use. "Post-Regeneration" proposes a more candid position for artistic practice: acknowledging energy consumption as a given while seeking ways to reduce it.
Through technological and new media art, the exhibition engages with this unresolved dialectic. Working within material constraints, it explores how artistic practice might become an ethically conscious and critically engaged form of action.
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Exhibition Information
Post-Regeneration - New Media Art x Net Zero Future
Exhibition Period: August 28, 2026 - October 11, 2026
Opening: August 29, 2026, 2:00 PM
Venue: King Car Cultural & Art Center, Chengde Hall
(131, Sec. 3, Chengde Rd., Datong Dist., Taipei City)
Organizer: Any and All Design Co., Ltd.
Co-organizer: King Car Cultural & Art Center
Supporting Organization: Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art, Tainan National University of the Arts
Sponsored by: Ministry of Culture - Net-Zero Transformation Initiative for Cultural Industries: Net-Zero and Carbon Reduction Guidance Program for New Media Art